I've come to reconsider where I stand on the whole copyright issue, in regards to work that appears on my blog. If you happen to see art that I've created on this blog and it inspires you, by all means go ahead and appropriate it. If you want to modify it, scraplift it, use only parts of it or copy it outright, you have my permission to do so here. If you want to give me credit, fine. If you don't, that's okay too. I've been inspired by countless other people in all walks of life and I believe that generosity of spirit is much greater than any personal pride or glory I could achieve from claiming to be the first or the best to do anything. The sole exception to this would be photos of my family, to protect their privacy.
The vintage images that appear in this blog are digitally altered and colored by scrapologie. Feel free to use them for your personal use, however you like!

I always loved watching the Sound of Music as a child. It was a family affair when it aired on television and my sisters and I would sing along to all of the Rodgers and Hammerstein songs, completely charmed by Julie Andrews. We envisioned ourselves as Liesl, twirling in imaginary white dresses with blue satin sashes under a moonlit gazebo. We chimed in to the strains of "Doe a Deer, A Female Deer" and were delighted by the puppetry during the goatherd song, enjoying the chance to practice yodeling. But the one song that always moved us to tears was Edelweiss, of course. It hardly mattered that we were born a continent away, and two generations later than the time period highlighted in the movie. For one night, we were Austrian in spirit. Enjoy these images that celebrate Tyrolean costume and culture.